“Who knows (why we’re not the main event),” Bader on Wednesday told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I’m not really worried about that. I’m worried about going in there and getting a win. Our fight’s getting a lot of attention, regardless. To hear a lot of people say, ‘Hey, your guys’ fight is the real main event,’ I don’t pay attention to that.

“I’ve just got to go in there and beat Machida, and that’s all my job is.”

Bader and Machida meet in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 4, which takes place Aug. 4 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Main-card fights air live on FOX. Prelims air on FUEL TV and stream on Facebook.

Bader has been on a bit of a career resurgence – if a fighter can have a resurgence after starting his career 10-0 before hitting a mild two-fight skid.

Bader started his UFC career 5-0 before running into a red-hot Jon Jones, who beat him to get a title shot. And while there may be no shame in a loss to Jones, who has rolled through all his competition since then and defended the light heavyweight title three times, his next outing was a bit rougher.

Bader was a heavy favorite against Tito Ortiz at UFC 132. Ortiz hadn’t had his hand raised in nearly five years. Yet somehow, Ortiz pulled off the year’s biggest upset, cranking on a first-round guillotine and getting Bader to tap.

But perhaps even more surprising than that loss is Bader’s confession that through that fight, he and his corner never really had firm game plans when he went into his fights. Now, with a new gym, Power MMA in Gilbert, Ariz., just outside Phoenix, and actual coaches and game plans, Bader feels rejuvenated.

“I’m a lot different fighter than I was when I lost to Jones and Tito,” Bader said. “I changed everything up. I got a bunch of new coaches. I got a head coach who is running everything now at Power MMA. It’s been going great, and we’re all better for it. I feel like I’m starting my MMA career (again) on a different level.”

Game planning is a necessity against Machida, Bader said, who had been one of the toughest puzzles to figure out in UFC history before he lost his title to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and had subsequent losses to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Jones.

But Bader said his new training regime, which has improved his card thanks to the new coaching staff, makes this a winnable fight for him, despite Machida being a more than 3-to-1 favorite.

“I’m training right, I’m smarter. We’re actually game planning for these guys,” Bader said about this next fight, plus recent wins over Jackson and Jason Brilz. “Guys like Lyoto, you can’t just go in there with a real loose game plan kind of just winging it like I used to. All the pieces of of the puzzle are in place now for me.”

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